Even if you're a corrupted magical girl, you still have to try to redeem yourself.

Mizuno Yu's house is actually quite large, but it feels very empty, perhaps because everyone who should have lived there except for Mizuno Yu is no longer there.

The news has already reported that Mizuno Group's daughter lost her family in an accident. Having experienced Mizuno Yu's abstract dream, and by putting yourself in the characters' shoes, you can understand what happened to Mizuno Yu.

Having experienced something similar herself, Yuuki felt a sense of shared suffering with Mizuno Yu.

She had her older sister by her side, but Mizuno Yu had no one to accompany her.

Thinking about it this way, it's truly remarkable that Mizuno Yu has been able to persevere and continue to work hard until today.

But this is not the reason why Mizuno Yu made such a strange request.

It's perfectly normal to find a way to vent your frustrations: exercise, creative work, drinking, gaming, socializing, spending time alone, crying... Yuuki Enishi could easily list a whole host of examples.

But! Why is Mizuno Yu's way of venting her frustrations such a self-destructive way that it's incomprehensible to most people?!

Furthermore, the way they try to understand each other is completely different from the experience that Mizuno Yu went through!

Is this some kind of large-scale, R-rated, erotic scene?

If it's to say it's self-harm, it's far from it; Mizuno Yu doesn't have any habit of excessively harming her body. If it's to say it's lewd or obscene, although there is some interaction, it's definitely not erotic.

Even so! It won't work! Absolutely not!

In response, Helica Tenryu expressed her important opinion.

"Are you out of your mind? Who wants to play this weird game with you?!"

Even though no one else spoke, they all showed expressions of agreement with Helica to varying degrees.

With a close relationship with Mizuno Yu and the ability to speak frankly about everyone's concerns, Tenrai Herika is indeed the most suitable candidate. Everyone would be happy to have her as their mouthpiece.

So what should we be surprised about? Is it the extent of support Helica received? Or Mizuno Yu's strange suggestion?

Mizuno Yu, however, spoke with an air of righteous indignation: "You don't know this, but pain and restraint are danger signals that the brain gives itself. They are proof that we are alive, a kind of trial that the world itself gives us, which can make us go further under their whip."

Wow, she spoke so righteously. If Yuuki Yuki hadn't been so generous to her before her identity was revealed, she might have believed just one or two punctuation marks.

“Although I don’t understand what you’re saying, I know that you won’t feel pain if you don’t do something stupid to yourself.” Herica had an expression that said, “Even if you’re saying all this, I still don’t understand,” which made the girls nod in agreement.

Mizuno Yu's suggestion froze in the air for a moment, and everyone could clearly see a hint of disappointment flash across her cold face.

Although Mizuno Yu's forlorn look seemed pitiful, Yuuki Yu knew perfectly well that if she showed any pity for Mizuno Yu here, she would only become more pitiful herself!

Even though everyone suggested following the arrangements made by the person in charge that day, this was the only exception, absolutely not, even if it would shake the authority of the rules that everyone had set.

“I know this sounds very strange, but I think I need to explain.”

Mizuno Yu began to speak slowly and seriously.

Mizuno Yu has always been considered the brains of Nijisanji. When it comes to calmly considering a problem from the sidelines, Yuuki Yui believes that no one can do it better than Mizuno Yu.

Her current expression is that of someone calmly analyzing a situation, which naturally inspires confidence in others.

"Then tell me what you think?" Helica's tone softened slightly.

“We are a group, and we have gathered here to get to know each other better and to open up and show everything about ourselves,” Mizuno Yu continued.

"Yes, that's right, and then?" Helica asked, arms crossed.

Mizuno Yu's face was ashen: "I think the most important thing is novel experiences. Creation and subject matter also require accepting new things. Showing everything is like this, and experiencing my feelings is also like this. This is a good way to kill two birds with one stone."

Sakura Hanako muttered to herself from behind, "That seems to make some sense?"

"Sakura, think about who hanged themselves or jumped into the river in public when school started. You can't become like that," Yuuki Yuki said earnestly.

Mizuno Yu didn't hear their conversation and continued, "I believe that through this method, everyone will be able to understand more deeply what's hidden in their hearts, and we will also be able to deepen our understanding of each other within the team."

Does this mean a group of people are hanging in a row like teru teru bozu dolls?

"Because it's not just about venting emotions, it's also about connecting with your soul. You won't understand this feeling if you don't try it. Whether it's XX or ○○, even *beep beep beep*, it's all okay."

Seeing that no one objected, Mizuno Yu's tone became even more impassioned: "So, what do you all think?"

"How is it?" Helica stroked her chin, and after a long while, she raised her head: "You're going a bit too far."

Chapter 41: Hot spring episodes are happening way too often!

While Mizuno Yu's idea was certainly a bit excessive, completely ignoring Mizuno Yu's suggestion and just letting everyone get by tonight was obviously not a good approach.

Ultimately, they came up with a compromise: to challenge their limits in a relatively gentle way and experience the feeling that Mizuno Yu had experienced.

Although no one was really interested in experiencing the loving torment that Mizuno Yu was obsessed with, this compromise was different; everyone was actually quite interested in it.

Everyone is planning to go soak in the hot springs under the cover of night!

That's right, it's a hot spring again.

It was already so late, and it was unlikely that anyone would travel all the way to Nijiha City just to soak in a hot spring, but Mizuno Yu claimed to know a pretty good place.

Before it got too late, the group took the tram to the hot spring that Mizuno Yu had mentioned.

Although almost no one has been here before, they are quite familiar with this hot spring.

That's right, it's the family where Mizuno Yu was so focused on competing with Lava Lantern that she ended up fainting from the water. Herica even criticized Mizuno Yu for a long time afterward for not being able to see the black magic markings in Lava Lantern's eyes.

To make Mizuno Yu faint from being soaked, that must be pretty impressive, right?

If you don't think about what Mizuno Yu said about surpassing your own limits, it's just a normal hot spring trip.

This can be seen as a way of making up for the regrets of Sakura Hanako not being able to participate in the last school trip, Mizuno Yuu not being in a group with everyone, and Yuuki Yuuki not being able to be honest with everyone because of the black magic mark on her body.

Anyway, Yuuki Yukino herself is quite happy.

"Looking at it this way, isn't this place pretty good? There are wooden tub baths, kettle springs, flowing springs, foot baths, and open-air hot springs. And this high-temperature hot spring is the one Mizuno Yu was talking about, right?"

“That’s right. As soon as I passed by there, I sensed the aura of a powerful being. It was a challenge I had to face.” Mizuno Yu said solemnly, as if recalling the scene from that day, a strange tremor running through her.

Baqi couldn't help but wave her hands left and right: "No, no, no, that's not the aura of a strong person, that's the heat from the hot spring, isn't it?"

Nishio Reki chimed in earnestly, trying to salvage the situation: "What if it's the aura of the Lava Mountain Lamp?"

Baqi slapped her palm: "Oh, that makes sense."

"Speaking of which, why hasn't Tenrai-senpai said anything?" Sakura Hanako helped put down the luggage and suddenly asked Tenrai Helica, who had entered the room first but remained silent.

Helica Tenrai is currently lying peacefully on the tatami mat in her room, her eyes closed, seemingly lost in thought.

Startled by Sakura Hanako's greeting, Tenrai Herika opened her eyes a crack.

"I don't really want to soak in a hot spring."

"But everyone is already here, it would be a shame if Senior Tianlei didn't take a bath."

Sakura Hanako, this shows you don't know Helica well enough.

She was the most excited one tonight, so excited that she felt ashamed to show that she was looking forward to it, so she deliberately acted all smug and indifferent.

"Well, that makes sense. I can't be a loner, right?" Helica's expression secretly brightened for a moment before she slowly sat up, then put on a stern face and began to prepare, pretending to be unwilling.

"Alright, alright, let's continue reading." Yuuki Yui waved the booklet.

“And the flowing spring looks amazing, doesn’t it? It feels like you’re training under a waterfall, being washed by the water. Your shoulders must feel warm, right?” Sakura Hanako leaned closer to Yuuki Yuuki and they looked at the guidebook together.

Whether she truly believed this or whether saying it would change Mizuno Yu's mind and lead everyone to go to Ryuzumi instead, only she herself knows.

But Mizuno Yu was indeed persuaded.

“Indeed, practicing there and feeling the power of nature that seems to want to crush us is also a kind of training.”

Baqi frantically shook her hands: "No, no, no, no, it's artificial, isn't it?"

Nishio Reki joined in, shaking his head: "And it definitely won't get flattened!"

"This place seems to be more luxurious than Rainbow Leaf City?" Lin Jiezi rarely spoke up on her own initiative.

Sakura Hanako pulled her head back from next to Yuuki Yukino and turned to Hayashi Keiko: "That's because the focus of a hot spring inn is on the inn itself, while the focus here is on the hot spring where you can stay, so the focus is different, right?"

Yuuki nodded, but her eyes didn't leave the booklet in her hand. She continued, "After all, it's a school trip, so we have to be careful about our expenses. The school won't arrange anything too luxurious for us."

As she looked through it, Yuuki Yukino snapped the booklet shut: "Alright! Let's take a look around!"

“Oh! No problem!” Baqi was the first to respond.

Helica started rummaging through her belongings, complaining, "Wait! I'm not ready yet!"

What are you looking for?

"towel!"

"The notice said it was in the preparation area, right?"

"But I just want that soft, fluffy kind!"

"Shall we head out now?"

"I told you to wait for me!"

……

"Ugh... that hot spring that Mizuno Yu was talking about is terrifying. I feel like I'm being roasted dry. Is this really a hot spring or some kind of sauna?"

Helica, who had just come in from outside, leaned over the edge of the open-air hot spring, panting heavily as she exhaled the heat from her body. The cold wind that usually made people wrap themselves up tighter in winter felt like a salvation to her, and her expression immediately relaxed.

Yuuki Yukino, who had been soaking in the hot spring for some time, leaned against the stone edge of the spring, tilted her head back, and exhaled a series of hot breaths towards the sky. She glanced at Helica before looking away, smiling slightly.

"But I always feel much more comfortable after soaking in it, and even my skin seems to have become better."

"Is the meat quality better? Is this really not a cooking method?" Helica complained, crawling towards the water's edge like a snail, limply pressing her thin body against the rocks.

Just as Yuuki Yuki guessed, Helica was the most excited one. If Mizuno Yu hadn't dragged her to soak in the hot springs and exhausted her energy, she would definitely have tried all the hot springs here.

But after expending a lot of energy, Helica just wanted to continue being lazy.

"There does seem to be a food called onsen tamago (hot spring egg), and the original way to cook it is to put it in a hot spring, right?" Yuuki Yukino's mind raced, and she joked, "So where is everyone else? How come there are only the two of us in such a large open-air hot spring?"

Herika rolled around on the ground. Since Yuuki Yuki had her back to her, and no one else could see her, she didn't need to worry about her image at the moment. She simply did whatever made her feel comfortable, just like a child rolling around in the snow.

"Sakura Hanako and Mizuno Yu went to the spring and are meditating cross-legged while being bathed in the hot spring water from the bamboo tubes." Helica poked her lips with her finger, recalling for a moment. "Speaking of which, why aren't the white-haired mad dog and that mysterious coffin woman with you? Didn't they come out with you?"

“Ah, those two.” Yuuki Yuen couldn’t help but smile wryly when she mentioned those two: “Bachi said she could keep going and only came out to keep me company. Koreki said she felt the same way. In the end, the two of them went to a real sauna and started their second round of battle.”

"Isn't this great?" Helica said with a gloating look.

Fortunately, it wasn't her who was going up against them, otherwise Helica knew she would definitely not be able to resist accepting the challenge again and wouldn't be able to stay in the sauna for long.

Helica thought to herself, then clasped her hands together and said, "I hope they're both alright."

"I hope they're both alright," Yuuki Yui echoed, then turned her head away.